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International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Washington

On Tuesday, an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony took place in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. The...

Lithuania grants state pensions to nearly 100 Jew rescuers

Second-degree state pensions were granted to 98 Lithuanian residents who rescued Jews during the Holocaust , the Social Security and Labour Ministry said.

Lithuanian president on Holocaust Day: Some people in Europe won't acknowledge today's aggressor

Europe must learn its history lessons and prevent the rise of a new aggressor whom some people don’t want to see, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė...

Russian ambassador sends mixed message in WWII congratulation letter to Lithuania

Alexander Udaltsov, the Russian Ambassador to Lithuania, has released a public letter, congratulating the country on "the 70th anniversary of Lithuania's...

Sergey Kanovich: Holocaust Museum and Holocaust of Memory

What a silly title, I thought after I wrote it. There is no such thing in Lithuania. There was a Holocaust , but there is no museum. It should have been...

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